The Washington critic., 1887-01-17

has never lost client, and he Is one OF
The best jury lawyers In Georgia. He
invested his savings and made more
money in speculation than in the law.
One of his first investments was piece
of land which he paid $3.50 for. A
copper mine was found upon this mud
he sold half interest for S2j, 900
About this time he married. His wife
was the daughter of a Baptist preacher
named Gresham, who Is said to have
brought about S25 900 into the family.
1t was in the Georgia State railroad
that Brown made large part of his
fortune, though he has made good in.
vos,ments all his life. Early In his
career he began to invest in lands.
These lands have steadily grown
in value, and they are of
character which makes their
owner land rich instead of land
poor. Joe" Brown owns the half OF
Colorado City. Texas, town Of 1000
inhabitants, and he did own the whole
of 1t. He has stocks and mines in diff.
ferent parts of Georgia, and he has
made a great deal out of coal mines.
He lives In Atlanta very plainly. His
house is an old fashioned brick struc.
ture, with no attempt at ornamentation.
1t Is situated on Washington street, the
most fashionable residence street of
Atlanta, and Is not worth more than
$4,000, appearing In strange contrast
with the residence Of his son Julius,
adjoining, which cost $4,000. The
ground about Senator Browns Atlanta
home is worth $50, 600 Joe" Brown
has six children, and they are strik
iDgly different from him. Julius. the
eldest, who has the s7j, 900 house above
spoken of, Is small, dudish fellow OF
40. He has made fortune, and he
likes TO spend 1t. lie is now living In
fine sty lie in Cuba during the winter on
account of the weakness of his
lungs. Joseph NJ. Brown is the super.
intendent Of his fathers road, and
George Brown is just coming of age.
One of Browns daughters married DR..
Connolly, a prominent physician of
Atlanta, and Miss Salie Brown spends
the winters with her father and mother
at Washington. Elijah, another son.
is treasurer of the Dade County Coal
Company. The boys are all college
bred, and Joseph NJ. inclincs to litera.
ture. The Brown family is noted in
Atlanta for its quiet, unostentatious
charity. Mrs. Brown and her daugh.
tiers are always doing little kindnesses,
and as for the old gentleman, "Joe"
Brown Is good to his friends, though
he hates his enemies. A friend of his
told me not long ago that Brown gives
away great deal TO his friedds, who
were formerly wealthy but who are
now reduced, and he cited the instance
| of an old man who, during his last
years, received check each month
from Joe Brown. He has given
100000 TO the Baptist Seminary in
Georgia, and $4,000 for the payment
Of the board of poor boys at the State
University.
There is some talk in Washington
about an equestrian statue of General
Logan, says the New York Sun, bu,
no proposition for 1t will appear in
Congress until Mrs. Logan's pension
is disposed of. Not less than $50, 900
is expected for the purpose, which
was the amount given for Mcpherson S
statue by Louis Robisso, in Mcpherson
Square. There is some curiosity as to
where statue of Logan could be put.
All the good squares and circles are
now occupied by cavalry, and Iowa
Circle is the only one left. Logan
lived a while on Iowa Circle, but this
spot has been, by sort of common
agreement, saved for statue of Gen
eral Grant whenever it shall be decided
to remember him in statue. The
pedestrian figure of General Rawllns
Grants favorite, has recently been re-
moved from Rawlins Square to Mar.
kct Square, in the centre of the city
but it would never be proposed to put
Logan's statue or any ones In that part
Of the town in which the Rawlins
statue stood so long. 1t has been sug.
gested TO Senator Sherman that the
finest site for statue of the volunteer
General can be found in Mount Pleas
ant, the pretty uphill suburb, where
General Logan spent the last year OF
his life. Here, at the head of Four
teenth street, the figure of Logan or
horseback, looking off over the city ant
the Potomac to Arlington, where
thousands of his old comrades art
buried, would be striking thing II
s,atuary art.